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I am, generally, at most times, pretty self-aware. ;) hahaha.

So, I'm wondering what people think about defining different classes/casters by their spells moreso than, or I suppose "within/in addition to," individual spell lists. What am I talking about, you say? You all recall (or know about) "spell spheres" for clerics in 2e...became "domains" in 3x...

Stick to the traditional D&D class origins, attaching them to ability scores (Ability scores did very well in recent polls hereabouts of the "things that are/make/must be" in a game for it "to be D&D"). Fill out the list. For the longest time, I've played along with the whole thing about "Con...

Now see, I quite like having both...and having them distinct/separate "powers/sources." It's become a decent set of plot hooks and setting developments having both Psychics and Mages/Wizards existing in the same world. 1. You get different Psychic "Orders"/organizations that are seeking out...

This is very similar to my own homebrew Psychic class is set. Which really doesn't (though I selected the Power Point option) match any of the poll options perfectly. They are Point driven, that's the Class' signature mechanic that makes them "not just another wizard/caster." But there are also...

I have a soft spot for Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. And The Slavers series, or at least A1 & A2 have seen more play than 3 or 4. But I think, if we're really talking about "the most often used/played"...I think either Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh or Cult of the Reptile God have seen more...

Who's got the sauvignon blanc? I'm all out.

I don't "handle" them...or see anything to handle. The adventure and setting is going to be the adventure and setting. The characters' interactions with the adventure and setting is what will drive the campaign. If a whole party of fighters shows up (or 4 mages or all rogues or 3 clerics of...

Ok...I"m gettin' in a zone (that I'm sure many would wish I exited)...but I've been working on [fantastic] "animals" for my homebrew setting, lately... A giant porcupine and a rhino. I give you, the quill-shooting behemoth, the bashful bane of the plain... The Spine-oceros!

From the depths of the Plane of Shadows and the eternal, rejuvenating chill of necrotic energy, the very of wings of death. I give you... The FEARNIX! A shadow + roc (+phoenix).

I give you the very rare black dragon sub-type, the dreaded... Diamond Black A diamondback rattlesnake and a black dragon. Extra bite attack (from speed or strike), venomous bite in addition to its acid breath...and a rattlling tail, extra cudgel damage from its tail strike.

Troll + Orc I give you the dreaded... Trork. BEEEWARRRRE its special attacks...the endlessly regenerating baleful booty shake!

To the question, not necessarily the "poll," of the thread, MY definition of a "Vanilla" setting would be: Includes all of the base assumptions of the Player's Handbook of a given system. In the case of a D&D world, at minimum, that is Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Fighters, Clerics...

I think I have to concur with the bulk of everyone else's assessment. FR and GH are basically both a "baseline" of "vanilla." ...which I think is great. The fact it gets used as a derrogative has never made sense to me. Vanilla is a great flavor! Dragonlance, I think, is a bit more than...

I am aware of what Dark Sun's hooks, attempted anti-"tropes," were. None of this makes me like it or wish to play it (or see it revisited/reprinted) any more than before. But thanks.

Not sure if these are "revisions" or just "notes"...but a few things that crossed my mind... Dragonlance/Krynn: Draconians are anything BUT "just dragonborn." They need to be their own, completely independent and separate creatures...with five distinct, completely individual sub-types that all...

Very nice. Yes, AtCotRG and the U1-3 series blend together beautifully. I've done it, too...many many many moons ago.

Oh, I know. I don't allow them. But if there were something I'd like to see OUT of the game, something that should never have been added IN in the first place, this is definitely one of them.

Dwellers of the Forbidden City is the only Yuan-Ti module I know about (1e AD&D). For Naga, Against the Cult of the Reptile God (also 1e) is the best fo'shizzle. Trog's will serve as the bulk of your opposition (easily enough replaced with Yuan-ti or other ophidian-humanoid species, if you...

I'm beginning to think, more and more, we're all being snowed by/with some AI or bot program that is simply designed to formulate a disagreeing statement with whatever it is presented. Translations/non-native speakers, talk to text, even taking possible different ages into account don't seem to...